I agree (although I am a social scientist but not a psychologist or sociologist, so my opinion probably doesn't mean much).
For me personally, trying to understand the dark side of human nature (murderers, abductors, etc) and seeing the hope, support, and love communities and perfect strangers give victims and their families helps me to better understand the human experience that we all share in this life. Some people to to church. Some people meditate. Some people fish, hunt, and go camping. I run & go on WS.
I was off here since very early this morning and find I have come back to several pages of posts. It's taken me a while to catch up.
So, to get away from SM and the Police Document That Shall Not Be Named, I have seen more posts about the use of dogs around HE's car at the landing.
Do we know that dogs were brought to that location to look around where the car was parked specifically? I am hearing that dogs did not hit on the car. But I don't remember a news article or anything from an VI that mentions this. I still lean toward the car being parked at the landing to throw off an investigation, but if dogs picked up her scent that scenario goes out the window.
We have all seen cases where dogs have come to the scene days, almost a week later, and picked up a scent. In Dr. Taleka Patrick's case, LE brought dogs to the site almost a week later. BUT that was on the side on the interstate where it less likely to have several others outside of LE and searchers going through the area. In HE's case we have a public boat landing, so I don't what the chances are of the dogs finding the scent.
IOW, if the dogs picked up her scent there is a very good chance that she drove there. BUT just because the dogs don't get a scent, it may not necessarily mean she wasn't there. Other factors may have prevented the dogs from getting the scent.